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Researchers identify the cause of Earth's last ice age
Where did the ice sheets that rang in the last ice age more than 100,000 years ago come from, and how could they grow so quickly?
Joseph Shavit
Nov 26, 2022


Award winning machine recycles discarded plastic bottles into 3D printer filament
Designers Reiten Cheng and Swaleh Owais developed a unique device that’s capable of turning discarded plastic water bottles into 3D filament
Joseph Shavit
Nov 25, 2022


Scientists identify the highest-ever recorded volcanic plume on Earth
Researchers confirmed that the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano produced the highest-ever recorded plume.
Joshua Shavit
Nov 25, 2022


New self-healing composite allows structures to repair themselves in place
Engineering researchers have developed a new self-healing composite that allows structures to repair themselves in place.
Joshua Shavit
Nov 24, 2022


Earth is currently experiencing it's 7th mass extinction
Earth is currently in the midst of a mass extinction, losing thousands of species each year, new UC Riverside research suggests.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 24, 2022


Space-based solar power beams will soon be powering our cities
The potential of the technology is to capture sunlight and then beam it wirelessly to Earth, to then supply cities, factories and households
Joseph Shavit
Nov 23, 2022


Researchers cook up a new way to remove microplastics from water
Researchers at Princeton Engineering have found a way to turn your breakfast food into a new material that can cheaply remove microplastics.
Joshua Shavit
Nov 22, 2022


World's-first battery powered by nuclear waste lasts 1,000's of years
Radioactive diamond batteries were first developed in 2016 and promised a new, cost-effective way of recycling nuclear waste.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 21, 2022


Breakthrough transparent solar cells found to generate power 1000x more efficiently
Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 20, 2022


Novel technology can power your home for days using half the water needed to flush a toilet
Emission-free hydrogen could, one day, entirely replace fossil fuels - and a start up believes it can make it accessible to all.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 19, 2022


Small army of autonomous robots to help modernize grape, wine industry
These autonomous robots will roll through vineyards, using computer vision to gather data on the physiological state of each grapevine.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 18, 2022


AuREUS solar panels made from recycled food waste generate energy without sunlight
Fossil fuels continue to account for over 81% of global energy production and global supplies of gas and oil will deplete by 2060.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 17, 2022


To prevent the next pandemic -- restore wildlife habitats, study finds
Preserving and restoring natural habitats could prevent pathogens that originate in wildlife from spilling over into domesticated animals.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 17, 2022


Transparent window coating can actively cool buildings without using energy
Researchers design a transparent window coating that could lower the temperature inside buildings, without expending a single watt of energy
Joseph Shavit
Nov 16, 2022


Groundbreaking new solar panels are 1000x more powerful
The result surprised even the research group: compared to pure barium titanate, the current flow was up to 1000 times stronger.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 15, 2022


How did plants migrate from living in water to land 400 million years ago? Mystery solved!
The green world that we live in would not have been possible without hidden changes to the plant body over the last 400 million years.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 14, 2022


Breakthrough solar technology extracts 400% more salt from seawater
A new solar-powered desalination technology will significantly reduce the cost of desalination and quadruple the volume of production.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 12, 2022


MIT researchers made implantable batteries lighter, safer and 50% longer lasting
Pacemakers and other medical devices, as well as long-distance drones and remote sensors, would require fewer battery replacements.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2022


Portable technology transforms seawater into drinking water at the push of a button
MIT developed portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 10, 2022


Groundbreaking material can scrub carbon dioxide from power plant smokestacks
How can we remove carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from fossil-fuel power plant exhaust before it ever reaches the atmosphere?
Joseph Shavit
Nov 8, 2022
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